Inner City Cultural Center II & Tuesday Conner are proud to present the Award Winning new groundbreaking theatrical experience Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology...
Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology featuring Gil's daughter Gia Scott-Heron and a band of spoken word artists hailing from Leimert Park in Los Angeles is a reinterpretation that celebrates the legacy of a legend. Audiences (re)discover the power of Gil Scott-Heron’s iconic lyrics written from 1970 to 2010 that remain as poignant and relevant as ever.
Gil Scott-Heron; considered the GODFATHER OF RAP; although Gil professed to be a "BLUESOLOGIST" because his music was jazz and blues and spoken word that reflects the turbulence uncertainty and increasing pessimism of the times with a satirical edge told in the tradition of oral poetry and storytelling.
The ensemble cast includes Writer & Executive Producer Tuesday Conner; Conney Williams of the World Stage; Lorenzo Frank from S.W.A.A.M.; Yawo Watts of Oralgasm; ArtUs Mansoir a Multi–Talented Entertainer and the ORACLE aka Denise Lyles-Cook under the direction of Lynne Conner.
You'll hear his words again you'll cry and you'll laugh and your heart light will glow you'll fight back some tears you'll sing you'll know lyrics you haven't heard in a long while and you'll learn about the man...the icon the legend Gil Scott-Heron!
Poets Jazz House pays tribute to legends past and present as they document the history of Inner City Cultural Center for the future C. Bernard Jackson Library.
(No late seating).
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
SoHo Playhouse, 15 Vandam Street, New York, United States
